Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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uniors Soccer rolenr goes ro play forward and half-back on the team. — Jorge Garcia -X- i Not many people get the opportunity to make a state athletic team, let alone the national one. But WHS ' s Varsity Soccer player, Jorge Garcia, was tal- ented enough to receive that honor. The following is an interview with Jorge. Cayuse — How long have you been playing soccer? Jorge — I ' ve been playing for 10 years — My dad made a team in I ' m planning to continue playing, first college and then maybe pro. Jorge Garcia. East L.A. Cayuse — Why did your father set up the team? Did he play be- fore? Did he coach the team? Jorge — He set It up because he want- ed me to play a sport. He played soccer too. Yes, he did coach. Cayuse — When did you play in the Na- tionals? What was your team called? And how did they do? ■4 BEFORE PASSING THE BALL, Jorge Garcia practices a few moves. Jorge has been playingfor about 10 years Jorge — I played during Thanksgiving vacation on the U.S. National team. The team ranked first (undefeated) in the tourna- ment. Cayuse — How did you get involved in the Nationals? Jorge — One night my team and I were having a game against La Jolla. The coach of La Jolla was the coach for the Nation- al team. Later, we had an- other game against La Jolla. During the game, one of their players in the National team- broke his ankle. The guy wasn ' t ready to play, so I took his place and went to St. Louis with the National team. Cayuse — How was it different from high school soccer? Jorge — The type of level and play was more challenging and more competitive. Cayuse — Do you plan to play soccer even after you graduate? Jorge — Yes, I ' m planning to continue. First, college and then maybe professionally. I ' m practicing for the Olympics and the World Cup. Story by Jona de los Santos; layout by Dee Honda: photos by Dave Randall, t ESTHER WANG FELECIA WASHINGTON LAURA WATSON NORMAN WATSON SHELDON WATSON KIMBERLY WEEKS KASEY WEST SHANNON WESTERHOUSE JASON WHITE APRIL WIGNALL ANTHONY WILLIAMS BRAD WILLIAMS SHON WILLIAMS DANNY WINTERS JULIE WOMACK JAMIE WOOD KATHERINE WRIGHT LORRAINE YBARRA DAVID YODER GRACE YOSHIZUMI ALBERT YUEN JENIFER ZANEBIS LUCILE ZARATE SONIA ZARATE Jorge Garcia Juniors 207

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BEING RE DED FOR HIS EFFORTS, Jorge IS named wjBu Valleys Outstanding Socce Player- He haqbei n on the Varsity team since he was a fresh ' CATHERINE SHEFFER FRED SILLER LAURA SILVA BRIAN SKIDMORE LINDA SMEDILE ANTHONY SMITH JENEE SMITH MARK SMITH JERRY SOLOMON JOE SPRADLIN BRUCE STEEL GLENN STROH SHANA SUMMERELL ANDREW SUZUKI CRAIG TAKESHIGE VALERIE TANABE DENA TANORI CONNIE TAYLOR RAY TEARE ELIZABETH TEJEDA DIMITRI THOMAS KEVIN THOMAS SHANNON THOMAS DOMINIC THOME ERIC TON THAT MELISSA TORREZ RICHARD TOWNSEND KHOA TRAN BRIAN TRIMBLE GREGORY TSWAGO ARTHUR TUASON BETH ULERY TAMU UMOJA DIEGO VALENZUELA JOSE VALLE MICHAEL VALVATNE DARIN VAN ROSMALEN TRACY VILLINES DARREN WALKER KEVIN WALKER TINA WALLIN a f»W I -t 206 Juniors Jorge Garcia

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ophomores Dig deal wirh turning BIG SIXTEEN WEEKLY JOURNAL — Friday, March 8, 1987. This past week was nothing more than an average, normal seven days of my life. Considering I finally turned six- teen on Saturday. I still feel like the same person I was two weeks ago. I thought turning sixteen would be an ex- citing experience for me. I would finally be able to get my license, find a job and get a new car. But it wasn ' t the big deal like everyone said it would be. On Saturday my parents thought it would be a surprise if they invited all my relatives and close friends over for cake and ice cream. I sure was surprised! I had plans to go out to a party one of my friends was throwing for me. But I didn ' t go because I didn ' t want to get my par- ents mad. since they were supposed to give me a new car for my birthday. To my surprise, that ended up a disaster too! Instead of a car, they bought me another watch to add to my collection. On Tuesday I went to DMV to take my driving test. After three weeks of con- stantly studying and practicing, the NIKKI ACOSTA SANDRA ACOSTA ANDREA ADCOCK FAIZAH AHMAD FILIPINA AQUINO ZYLIA ARBALLO DAWN ARIAS lyiARLENE AUNG GUSTAVO AZCUENAGA AZIZA BAIG MICHAEL BAILEY MARCO BALINGIT JANENE BANKA PAUL BAYZE ALEX BEAUCHEMIN AMY BECKER COURTNEY BECKER ANDREA BENTO KIM BERNAS JANIECE BISAHA DENISE BOEHM VANNESS BOGARDUS JOHN BOGDAN ERICA BONDS LISA BORLAND PRISCILLA BOURBONNAIS TIFFANY BRAGG KEVIN BRANDT ROBERT BRIDGES SCOTT BROKAW DAVID BROWN KRISTI BROWN true moment finally came. I failed the test and didn ' t get my license. Now I have to wait two more weeks! Wednesday I spent crying all day, then on Thursday I went out looking for a job. I must ' ve turned in about twenty- five applications! I was anxious because I wanted to start working. But here I am three months later without a job — Sonja Munoz T A CHERISHED CHARM, the Sweet Sixteen pen- dant was a popular sight. The and never been kissed part of the phrase wasn ' f so popular. 208 Sophomores Turning Sixteen